Former P.U.P. Minister Marcial Mes killed in traffic accident

In the early hours of Monday morning, former P.U.P. Minister and Toledo West Area Representative sixty-five year old Marcial Mes died in a road traffic accident. Mes was driving his green Toyota Rav-four from the direction of Punta Gorda Town toward his home in San Marcos village. The incident happened at around one-fifteen a.m., and Punta Gorda Police say that preliminary investigations indicate that Mes lost control of the vehicle as he passed through Yemeri Grove village, seven miles out of P.G. He ran off the road and crashed into a cement culvert. At the time Mes was accompanied by Mario Caal, a resident of San Marcos village. Both men were transported to the Punta Gorda Hospital via ambulance, where Mes was pronounced dead on arrival. Police have been unwilling to speculate on what caused the accident, stating only that further investigations will determine the factors which caused Mes to lose control of the vehicle.